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ATLANTA -- Prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates are decreasing or stabilizing in most parts of the world, with the...

Surgery associated with increased survival for patients with HER2+ stage 4 breast cancer

ATLANTA -- Surgery was associated with higher survival rates for patients with HER2-positive (HER2+) stage 4 breast cancer compared with...

PARP inhibitors can shrink tumors in pancreatic cancer patients with specific mutations

Data presented in a news conference at AACR Annual Meeting ATLANTA - Switching pancreatic cancer patients to the PARP inhibitor...

Acute flaccid myelitis requires galvanized research response

NIH experts review puzzling muscle paralysis condition in childrenCredit: CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Yiting Zhang WHAT: Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) presents...

Gut microbiome directs the immune system to fight cancer

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 2, 2019 - The advent of immune checkpoint inhibitors--which "release the...

Jonas Bergh receives first ESMO Breast Cancer Award

ESMO Breast Cancer Congress, May 2-4, 2019, Berlin, GermanyCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland, 2 April 2019...

Love Island: Flamboyant males get the girls on Madagascar

In two new species of rare giant stick insects, males turn livid blue or multicolored at sexual maturity -- but...

Digitalization of electricity grids

FAU scientists working on solutions for future grid operation How can digitalisation help to improve the efficiency of the electricity...

Wearable sensors mimic skin to help with wound healing process

Credit: Matthew Brown BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York, have developed skin-inspired electronics to...

New research shows 73 percent of allergists prescribe under-the-tongue allergy tablets

Four FDA-approved tablets available for battling allergies ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - (APRIL 2, 2019) - Allergy shots (subcutaneous immunotherapy or...

Genetics Society of America Awards 2019 George W. Beadle Award to Michael Snyder

Prize recognizes outstanding service to the community of genetics researchersCredit: Stanford University Michael Snyder, PhD, of Stanford University is the...

Lehigh University mechanical engineer earns NSF CAREER Award for noise reduction research

Israel’s Ocular discovery partners with all India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

The partnership reflects the expanding synergism of Indo-Israel medical collaborationCredit: Ocular Discovery New Delhi, India - April 2, 2019 -...

Despite risk of birth defects, HIV drug should be considered for women in South Africa

Dolutegravir may reduce deaths in women, HIV transmission to children and men Although a woman's use of the HIV drug...

Experts discover historic roots of Medicare for All, public option and free-market proposals

When it comes to health care proposals, 'everything old is new again' As political leaders debate the future of the...

BU finds Medicare Advantage networks are broad and getting broader

Share of Medicare Advantage plans with broad networks increased from 80.1 percent in 2011 to 82.5 percent in 2015, and...

Crop yield in maize influenced by unexpected gene ‘moonlighting’

Credit: Jackson lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Maize is a staple crop that came from humble beginnings. If you...

Marine protected reserves do more than restore fish